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Steph Houghton & Fara Williams recognised in New Year’s Honours

The New Year’s Honours list 2016 recognises the contribution of women across a variety of sports this year including inspirational England Captain Steph Houghton and Fara Williams from the world of football. We are delighted to see England and Manchester City’s Steph Houghton awarded an MBE for her services to football alongside England team-mate Fara Williams

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FA Women’s Football Awards

At this year’s FA Women’s Football Awards Sunderland dominated the WSL1 whilst Donny Belles, dominated WSL2 awards with each team scooping the team of the year award and player of the year with Courtney Sweetman-Kirk taking it for Belles and Beth Mead for Sunderland. Not surprisingly both players also won the top goalscorers awards. Icing of

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World champion and Rio 2016 hopeful win Bath Chronicle Sports Awards

Skeleton World Champion Lizzy Yarnold and Piers Gilliver, the world’s number one wheelchair fencer, were among the University of Bath-based athletes honoured at the 2015 Bath Chronicle Sports Award. The winners collected their prizes during a ceremony hosted by television broadcaster John Inverdale at Bath Racecourse, with Team Bath Netball U16s receiving the Junior Team

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England Women’s Hockey Team win Team of the Year Award

England Women’s Hockey team have been crowned Vitality Team of the Year at the Sunday Times & Sky Sports Sportswoman of the Year Awards. Now in their 28th year, the awards recognise and celebrate the outstanding contribution to sport made by elite performers, coaches, administrators, community volunteers and inspirational women. This summer the team came

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Maddie Hinch named Sky Sportswoman of the Month

England and GB hockey goalkeeper Maddie Hinch has been named as the Sky Sportswoman of the Month for June. Hinch was named ahead of jockey Samantha Bell and cyclist Hannah Barnes in the public vote. The 26-year-old made several important saves in June’s Hockey World League semi-finals in Valencia as Team GB won all of their seven matches in

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Thatto Heath’s Chloe Richardson receives Local Hero Award

Chloe Richardson, rugby player for Thatto Heath and England Women’s Students, received the Local Hero Award recognising her volunteer work with St Helens Youth Sports Development, Youth Sports Programme. This article was written by St Helens Unlimited in recognition of the tremendous work that Chloe puts in: The Local Hero award is linked to National

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